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Bachelor host Chris Harrison, above right, has temporarily stepped away from the show following controversial remarks involving race. The franchise's current season features Matt James, top left, as the show's first male Black lead.

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In A Season Highlighting Diversity, 'The Bachelor' Lands In Controversy Around Race

2:43pm February 21, 2021

by Kalyani Saxena

Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar at Fordham University, talks with All Things Considered host Michel Martin about the ABC franchise and its record on race.

Vanessa Leroy says attending a racial justice protest in 2014 helped her realize she wanted to be a photographer. She photographed a helicopter that day, saying, "I took it out of the context that it was originally in to make it feel you're entering into

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Vanessa Leroy Once Used Daydreaming To Escape. Now, It's The Heart Of Her Photography

2:20pm February 21, 2021

by Michele Abercrombie

"There isn't a lot of space for dreaming in an oppressive world," says Leroy, "so I use photography as a tool to create a space where I can freely navigate the various facets of my life."

Mia Farrow with her children Ronan (left) and Dylan.

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'Allen V. Farrow' Digs Deep Into A Tale Of Celebrity, Power And Silence

1:36pm February 21, 2021

by Eric Deggans

For the new HBO documentary Allen v. Farrow, filmmakers spent three years examining records and interviewing people close to Mia Farrow and Woody Allen to investigate allegations of molestation.

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Artist Lucas Samaras Opens New Virtual Exhibit At Manhattan's Pace Gallery

1:16pm February 21, 2021

by Karen Michel

Lucas Samaras studied acting and was a protege of a famed sculptor, but his biggest artistic impact was in photography. Samaras has a new exhibit.

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Avalanche Survivors Recount Their Experiences

8:01am February 21, 2021

Avalanches kill more than a 100 people worldwide each year. We have stories of three people who were caught in avalanches and survived.

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TikTok Brings Together A Community Of Dancers

8:01am February 21, 2021

Ballet TikTok is a creative, funny, and real virtual community that helps dancers and fans learn and engage with the art form while shattering stereotypes.

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Nubia: Real One, by L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith

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In 'Nubia: Real One,' Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You're A Threat

7:00am February 21, 2021

by Juanita Giles

Nubia has been many things over decades of comics: Wonder Woman's sister, her rival, a guardian of the underworld. Now, L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith have re-imagined her as a Black American teenager.

All Our Hidden Gifts, by Caroline O'Donoghue

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Winter Not Cold Enough? Here Are 3 YA Thrillers To Chill You

10:00am February 20, 2021

by Caitlyn Paxson

Prickly, angry girls get to the bottom of mysterious disappearances — or cause them — in these three angsty YA novels, from a retelling of "The Cask of Amontillado" to a wild and frozen dystopia.

When we spoke with Karyn Meek back in 2017, she was production stage manager for the Tony-nominated musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. She's now enrolled in online grad school. Meek says as a stage manager she's used to solving problems be

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Where Are They Now? We Check In With Broadway Workers, Now Off Broadway

8:01am February 20, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

Each year ahead of the Tony Awards, we profile essential theater professionals who aren't centerstage. This year, with theaters closed due to COVID-19, we check back in to see how they are coping.

How The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles Is Diversifying Music

8:01am February 20, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Charles Dickerson, founder and conductor of The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, and cellist Hanna Innis about fostering diversity in orchestras.